{"id":47644,"date":"2025-10-10T05:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/aja-wilson-hero-clutch-basket-gives-aces-victory-in-wnba-finals\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T05:04:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:04:19","slug":"aja-wilson-hero-clutch-basket-gives-aces-victory-in-wnba-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wnba\/aja-wilson-hero-clutch-basket-gives-aces-victory-in-wnba-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"A’ja Wilson, hero: Clutch basket gives Aces victory in WNBA Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

A’ja Wilson Leads Aces to Victory in Thrilling Game 3 of WNBA Finals<\/h2>\n\nIn a meeting full of drama and emotion, A’ja Wilson once again demonstrated her worth, guiding the Las Vegas Aces to a crucial victory over the Phoenix Mercury with a score of 90-88. With this victory, the Aces are just one win away from obtaining their third title in four years.\n\nWilson, upon receiving the ball with five seconds remaining and the score tied, executed a masterful play. After a dribble, he evaded the double team of DeWanna Bonner and Alyssa Thomas, and shot the ball, which after a favorable bounce, sealed the victory for the Aces.\n\n\n

\u201cUnder Becky Hammon’s direction, we have never won a Game 3. This was a game we had to win,” Wilson commented.<\/p>\nA’ja Wilson<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWilson’s decisive play, the ninth winning basket in the last five seconds of a Finals game in WNBA history, was exactly as Coach Hammon had planned, albeit with a touch of humor.\n\n\n

“Give the ball to A’ja and get out of the way,” Hammon joked.<\/p>\nBecky Hammon<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWilson finished the game with 34 points, 14 rebounds, and an impressive 59% field goal percentage, demonstrating his dominance on both sides of the court. This was his fifth 30-point double-double of his playoff career.\n\nDespite a last-minute error, Wilson recovered and secured the victory. “I knew I had to do something to make up for it,” Wilson stated.\n\n\n

\u201cWe all had 100% confidence in A’ja,” said Jewell Loyd.<\/p>\nJewell Loyd<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cDale el bal\u00f3n a A’ja y ap\u00e1rtate del camino,” brome\u00f3 la entrenadora Becky Hammon al describir la jugada que dise\u00f1\u00f3 para las Aces en los segundos finales del Juego 3.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nThe Aces controlled the game for the first 30 minutes, but the Mercury showed remarkable energy in the final quarter, closing in on the score. Hammon acknowledged the opponent’s effort, highlighting their ability to react.\n\n\n

\u201cThey threw a punch and they recovered,\u201d Hammon said. \u201cWe had to weather that storm.\u201d<\/p>\nBecky Hammon<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nWith the Aces one win away from the championship, and the Mercury needing to win four games in a row, the series promises more excitement. “We have to take responsibility,” Thomas declared.\n\nMercury coach Nate Tibbetts acknowledged the challenge they face, but remains hopeful. “We have a difficult road ahead, but we must take it one game at a time.”","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A’ja Wilson Leads Aces to Victory in Thrilling Game 3 of WNBA Finals In a meeting full of drama and emotion, A’ja Wilson once again demonstrated her worth, guiding the Las Vegas Aces to a crucial victory over the Phoenix Mercury with a score of 90-88. With this victory, the Aces are just one win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[3740,1086,2459,9295],"class_list":{"0":"post-47644","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-wnba","7":"tag-aja-wilson","8":"tag-las-vegas-aces","9":"tag-phoenix-mercury","10":"tag-wnba-finals"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47644\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}